Bob Williams (l) of Williams Hardware is joined by Twig Canfield on Tuesday, Nov. 30 as both celebrated a birthday. Bob turned 62 while Twig celebrated his 67 birthday. Each was presented with a very special present by Mary Wilkins of Poultney. Bob was given a scrapbook, while Twig was also given a book containing […]

When he had his “swap shop” on Main Street, I’d go in looking for something, say 1950s vintage, for background in my writing area. He’d quickly direct me to the right sector. I’d wander around a bit and call him over for a question and we’d get into relating a certain piece back to things […]

The soft and gentle and peaceful approach to life makes for really nice people. Brought up in the old school, she was always polite and very serious as she went about her business. She always knew what she wanted and never seemed to need much help in the store. As you get older, you need […]

Marty’s first job was for Mr. Eddy at Eddy’s Market on Main Street in Castleton. They had a set up in the garage out back and Marty’s job was to mix and bag up sweeping compound that they sold to the local stores for cleaning their wood floors. Marty would put sawdust, slate dust (green […]

As a young man you could have thrown him into a room with a bunch of wild animals, wait 10 minutes, and he would have come out brushing his hands, like he had just done a good day’s work. Next, he went to work as a bouncer at the Hampton Manor and got a look […]